🚨 Patrice Evra on why Pep Guardiola's silence on Michael Carrick says everything:
“I never really saw Pep publicly praise Carrick, and I think there's a reason for that. I can remember when Amorim arrived at United and Pep said something along the lines of: 'Finally United have a manager with a style of play.' A lot of people took that as a compliment.
Me and a few of my guys looked at each other and said: 'He means a style he can read.' (laughs) And what happened? City beat Amorim's United 3-0. Pep understood what he was looking at. That's the thing with football. People are comfortable with what they understand.
Since Carrick arrived, Pep has barely said a word. Why? Because I don't think he enjoys trying to solve puzzles he can't read. Look at the 2-0 derby. Carrick completely outplayed him. City looked confused. They didn't know when United would press, sit off, speed the game up or slow it down.
And when Pep can't predict what's coming, that's when you know there's a problem. Maybe I'm wrong. But if that derby gets replayed ten times, I'm backing Carrick's United to win more of them than Pep's City. And I think Pep knows that too.”